If you’ve ever looked at the gear pattern on an older manual-transmission vehicle and noticed a mysterious “G” where you expected another gear number, you may have wondered what it was supposed to mean.
After all, most manual shifters are easy to understand.
You usually see:
1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5
and sometimes R for reverse.
But on certain vehicles, there is something different:
G
For drivers unfamiliar with older or specialized manual transmissions, that single letter can be confusing.
Is it another normal driving gear?
Does it stand for “
